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Always for the underdog : Leather Britches Smith and the Grabow War by LeJeune, Keagan, 1972-

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The Great Lake sturgeon

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The wolves of Mount McKinley by Murie, Adolph, 1899-1974

Table of Contents: “…Wolf -- Physical characteristics -- Tracks -- History of wolves in Mount McKinley National Park -- Causes of fluctuation in wolf numbers -- Breeding -- Home life -- Toklat River den -- Savage River wolf family -- East Fork River den-1940 -- East Fork River den-1941 -- Hunting range -- Intraspecific intolerance -- The wolf pack -- Wags, the captive wolf -- Food habits of wolves -- Discussion of food items in wolf diet -- Caching.…”
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The lake regions of Central Africa. From Zanzibar to Lake Tanganyika by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir, 1821-1890

Table of Contents: “…TABLE OF CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- WE QUIT ZANZIBAR ISLAND IN DIGNIFIED STYLE -- ZANZIBAR AND THE MRIMA EXPLAINED -- TRANSIT OF THE VALLEY OF THE KINGANI AND THE MGETA RIVERS -- ON THE GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY OF THE FIRST REGION -- HALT AT ZUNGOMERO, AND FORMATION OF THE CARAVAN -- WE CROSS THE EAST AFRICAN GHAUTS -- THE GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOLOGY OF THE SECOND REGION -- WE SUCCEED IN TRAVERSING UGOGO -- THE GEOGRAPHY AND ETHNOGRAPHY OF UGOGO, â€? …”
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Between the Murray and the Sea Aboriginal Archaeology of Southeastern Australia. by Frankel, David

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Black, white & gold : gold mining in Papua New Guinea, 1878-1930 / Black, white and gold : by Nelson, Hank

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Acknowledgements; Chronology; Out of Cooktown; A Meeting; The Islands; Sudest; Misima; Woodlark; Opening the Mainland; The Laloki; The South-east; The northern rivers; The Mambare; New Ground; The Yodda, Gira and Waria; Sideshows; Milne Bay; Keveri; The Lakekamu; Two Ounces a Day and Dysentery; No Meeting; Edie Creek; On Gold; Bibliography; Index; Gold-sluicing on Sharkeye Park's claim, Koranga Creek, Morobe Goldfield, late 1920s; Canoe, Louisiade Archipelago, after MacGillivray 1852; Ceremonial axe, Woodlark Island, after Seligman 1910; Tree House, Koiari, after Stone 1880.…”
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Beggars of Life by Tully, Jim

Table of Contents: “…Marys; Chapter II: Initiation; Chapter III: Amy, the Beautiful Fat Girl; Chapter IV: Adventure Again; Chapter V: A Tale of the Philippines; Chapter VI: A River Baptism; Chapter VII: Further Escapade; Chapter VIII: Bill's Story; Chapter IX: A Mix-Up; Chapter X: The Roads Diverge; Chapter XI: A Woman and a Man; Chapter XII: A Turn in the Road; Chapter XIII: A Long Rest; Chapter XIV: An Election Victory; Chapter XV: The Victory Ball; Chapter XVI: The Road Again…”
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Without a Map : a Memoir. by Hall, Meredith

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Patton's War An American General's Combat Leadership. by Hymel, Kevin M.

Table of Contents: “…Skirting Paris and Racing to the Moselle River -- Part II: The Mud and Rain in Lorraine and the Saar -- Chapter Five. …”
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Tropic of Cancer. / Bangladesh to Burma

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David Crockett : His Life and Adventures. by Abbott, John S. C.

Table of Contents: “…Title; Contents; Preface; Chapter I -- Parentage and Childhood; Chapter II -- Youthful Adventures; Chapter III -- Marriage and Settlement; Chapter IV -- The Soldier Life; Chapter V -- Indian Warfare; Chapter VI -- The Camp and the Cabin; Chapter VII -- The Justice of Peace and the Legislator; Chapter VIII -- Life on the Obion; Chapter IX -- Adventures in the Forest, on the River, and in the City; Chapter X -- Crockett's Tour to the North and the East; Chapter XI -- The Disappointed Politician-Off for Texas; Chapter XII -- Adventures on the Prairie; Chapter XIII -- Conclusion.…”
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Walks, tracks & trails of Victoria / Walks, tracks and trails of Victoria by Stone, Derrick I.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; Arrangement of walks by environment; Acknowledgements; Introduction; NORTH-WEST; CENTRAL WEST; SOUTH-WEST; CENTRAL; NORTH-EAST; GIPPSLAND; References & further reading; References & further reading; Arrangement of walks by environment; COASTAL WALKS; FOREST WALKS; GOLD HISTORY WALKS; HERITAGE WALKS; HISTORIC WALKS; LAKE WALKS; LONG-DISTANCE WALKS & TRAILS; MALLEE-COUNTRY WALKS; MOUNTAIN WALKS; RAIL TRAILS; RIVER & CREEK WALKS; SEMI-DESERT WALKS; TOWNSHIP WALKS; VOLCANIC-COUNTRY WALKS; WATERFALLS.…”
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The War of 1812 in the old Northwest by Gilpin, Alec R. (Alec Richard), 1920-

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Decentralization and Coordination of Water Resource Management by Parker, Douglas D. (Douglas Davidson), 1961-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction and Overview -- Regional Water Constraints: Middle East, California, Florida, And Australia -- 2. The Israel Water Economy: An Overview -- 3. …”
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Travels Between the Hudson and the Mississippi : 1851--1852 by Busch, Moritz, 1821-1899

Table of Contents: “…Cover; title; copyright; contents; preface; introduction; 1 from gotham to porkopolis; 2 cincinnati in diary entries; 3 a shaker town and a dunkard meeting; 4 a week in the black swamp; 5 the queen of the west again; 6 a visit to the backwoodsmen of east kentucky; 7 a river trip through the mississippi valley; 8 a visit to belleville and a word about the germans in america; 9 a winter journey from the mississippi to the niagara and back to the hudson; conclusion; editor's notes.…”
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The dark side of Zionism : Israel's quest for security through dominance by Thomas, Baylis, 1932-

Table of Contents: “…Concepts of colonization -- History of colonization and Palestinian dispossession (1880-1948) -- Hegemony in the Middle East -- History of the Arab-Israeli wars (1949-1974) -- Weapons diplomacy, the political use of arms -- History of Israel's global weapons sales -- Begin, Peres, Shamir, and the Madrid Conference -- Rabin and the Oslo Accords -- Peres and Netanyahu and Wye River -- Barak and Arafat at Camp David -- Ariel Sharon: force over peace -- Olmert and the 2006 Lebanon war -- One-state, two-states, or continued apartheid? …”
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Half life : the divided life of Bruno Pontecorvo, physicist or spy by Close, F. E.

Table of Contents: “…Neutrons for Oil and War 1940-1941; 6. East and West 1941-1942; 7. The Pile at Chalk River 1943-1945; 8. …”
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The First Winter. by Paris, Comte De

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Isn't It Romantic? Poems. by Popielaski, John

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The ambivalent legacy of Elia Kazan : the politics of the post-HUAC films by Briley, Ron, 1949-

Table of Contents: “…(1952) and Cold War liberalism -- Kazan and the anticommunist film genre: Man on a tightrope (1953) -- The ambivalence of informing: On the waterfront (1954) -- Father and sons and the cost of pursuing the American Dream: East of Eden (1955) -- Sexuality and the new south: Baby doll (1956) -- A return to progressive principles and the shape of things to come: A face in the crowd (1957) -- Looking backward and the cost of progress: Wild river (1960) -- Anticipating the youth rebellion: Splendor in the grass (1960) -- The Anatolian smile and the immigrant experience: America America (1963) -- Rebelling against the arranged life: The arrangement (1969) -- The final films: The visitors (1971) and The last tycoon (1976).…”
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The Anthropology of Florida. by Hrdlicka, Ales

Table of Contents: “…INDIAN REMAINS OF THE SOUTHWESTERN COAST OF FLORIDA; The Ten Thousand Islands Region; Indian Remains from Fort Myers to Key Marco; Key Marco Southward; Royal Palm Hammock; Lossman's River to the Southern Extremity of the Peninsula; General Impressions; Fort Myers to Lake Okechobee and East Coast; The Seminoles; II. …”
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Endo Shusaku : a Literature of Reconciliation. by Williams, Mark B.

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Improving Flood Management, Prediction and Monitoring : Case Studies in Asia. by Waugh, William L., Jr

Table of Contents: “…Laboratory ProceduresXRF and FTIR Analysis; Sediment Fingerprinting Statistical Methods; Un-mixing Model; Case Studies; Case Study 1: Segama River Catchment, East Malaysia; Case Study 2: Kelantan River Basin, West Malaysia; Results and Discussions; Sediment Source Dynamics in the Segama Catchments; Sediment Source Dynamics in the Kelantan Catchments; Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Appendix; Evaluating Transportation Modes and Routes for Disaster Relief in Kelantan Using Geographical Information System; Introduction; Study Area and Methodology; Study Area; Creating Database.…”
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Deported to death : how drug violence is changing migration on the US-Mexico border by Slack, Jeremy

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It happened in Alaska : remarkable events that shaped history by Olthuis, Diane, 1951-

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Across the ocean : nine essays on Indo-Mediterranean trade

Table of Contents: “…Acknowledgements; List of Table, Figures, and Maps; Introduction; Part 1 The Cradle of the Ancient India Trade: The Red Sea; Chapter 1 Red Sea Trade and the State; Chapter 2 Trajan's Canal: River Navigation from the Nile to the Red Sea?; Chapter 3 Pearls, Power, and Profit: Mercantile Networks and Economic Considerations of the Pearl Trade in the Roman Empire; Chapter 4 Roman Policy on the Red Sea in the Second Century CE; Chapter 5 Roman Trade with the Far East: Evidence for Nabataean Middlemen in Puteoli; Part 2 Comparative Perspectives on the India Trade.…”
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Florida : a fire survey by Pyne, Stephen J., 1949-

Table of Contents: “…Marks National Wildlife Refuge -- East is east, west is west: Deseret Ranches -- A tale of two landscapes: Myakka River State Park and Babcock-Webb Wildlife Management Area -- Foot in the black: the Nature Conservancy in Florida -- Fire 101 at Star Fleet Academy: Merritt Island National Wildlife Refuge -- Under the dome: Big Cypress National Preserve -- The everburns: Everglades National Park -- Epilogue: Florida between two fires.…”
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Unworthy republic : the dispossession of Native Americans and the road to Indian territory / Dispossession of Native Americans and the road to Indian territory by Saunt, Claudio

Passage from India by Moorty, Satyam Sikha

Table of Contents: “…; A Prayer Addressed to Lord of Death; On First Watching Attenborough's 'Gandhi'; Monkey Army at Tirumalai Hills, South India -- The Abode of Lord Venkateswara; On First Looking at the Lord of the Seven Hills; Karma I; Karma II; Crossing Godavary River by Train in Third-Class Compartment; Walking by Godavary River on a Rainy Evening; Godavary River in Floods; Godavary River in Summer; Immutability; Here and There; Meditation at Godavary; The Path Yet to Be Made; On Looking at Banyan Tree; Song of Hope…”
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The wildlife of New England : a viewer's guide by Burk, John S.

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Connecticut; Bigelow Hollow State Park and Nipmuck State Forest; Bluff Point State Park and Coastal Reserve; Connecticut River Estuary; Hammonasset Beach State Reservation; Housatonic Meadows State Park; James L. …”
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Colour for Colour, Skin for Skin by Hutto, N. Clinton A.

Table of Contents: “…Sugar cane plantations still dominate the Plantain Garden River District of St Thomas. Photo by Clinton Hutton. -- 'Legal Redress is Shut out from One Class Altogether': -- Magisterial Oppression in St Thomas-in-the-East -- Figure 2. …”
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E-Consumers in the era of new tourism

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 1: An Introduction to Consumer Metamorphosis in the Digital Age -- Chapter 2: Mobile Communication and Applications in Tourism -- Chapter 3: Usage of E-loyalty Programs in Hospitality Industry -- Chapter 4: New Toy of Marketing Communication in Tourism: Gamification -- Chapter 5: The Symbolic Representation of Tourism Destinations: A Semiotic Analysis -- Chapter 6: Customer Decision on Hotel Booking via Mobile Phone Applications: A Case Study of Luxury Hotels in Bangkok -- Chapter 7: MoViT: A 3D Mobile Virtual Tour App of Panguil River Eco-Park -- Chapter 8: Marketing for new tourism perceived by East-Asian e-consumers.…”
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Partners in furs : a history of the fur trade in eastern James Bay, 1600-1870 by Francis, Daniel

Table of Contents: “…Contents; Tables; Illustrations; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Land and the People: An Introduction; 2 Strangers Encroach on James Bay; 3 Competition for Indian Furs, 1668-1693; 4 Trading on the East Main, 1693-1735; 5 The Fur Trade in the Eighteenth Century; 6 A Decade on Richmond Gulf; 7 Daily Life at Eastmain House; 8 Penetrating the Hinterland, 1770-1820; 9 Big River Post and Beyond, 1784-1824; 10 A New Relationship; 11 The Inuit and the North, 1837-1870; 12 Rupert House in the Nineteenth Century; 13 Conclusion; Appendix: Population of James Bay in 1838 and 1858; References; Index.…”
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Post-Roman towns, trade and settlement in Europe and Byzantium.

Table of Contents: “…The hinterlands of early medieval towns: the transformation of the countryside in TuscanyWhere is the eighth century in the towns of the Meuse valley?; Towns and rivers, river towns: environmental archaeology and the archaeological evaluation of urban activities and trade; The royal foundation of Recópolis and the urban renewal in Iberia during the second half of the sixth century; Recent archaeological research in Haithabu; Agrarian production and the emporia of mid Saxon England, ca. …”
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Archaic societies : diversity and complexity across the midcontinent

Table of Contents: “…An introduction to the archaic societies of the Midcontinent -- The Eastern Woodlands archaic and the tyranny of theory -- Archaic faunal exploitation in the Prairie Peninsula and surrounding regions of the Midcontinent -- A regional and chronological synthesis of archaic period plant use in the Midcontinent -- Archaic burial sites in the American Midcontinent -- Dalton and the Early Holocene Midcontinent : setting the stage -- Archaic prehistory of the western Ozarks of southwest Missouri -- Dated projectile point sequences from Modoc Rock shelter and applications of assemblage-based analysis -- The archaic period in the lower Illinois River basin -- Archaic period chronology in the hill country of southern Indiana -- The American bottom : an archaic cultural crossroads -- Archaic period of east-central Missouri -- Archaic cultural variation and lifeways in west-central Illinois -- Archaic periods in eastern Iowa -- The Ohio archaic : a review -- Land between the rivers : the archaic period of southernmost Illinois -- Archaic cultures of western Kentucky -- The view from the southeast -- The archaic tradition in Wisconsin -- Hunter-Gatherer adaptations and alternative perspectives on the Michigan archaic -- Defining the archaic in northern Illinois -- At the crossroad and periphery : the archaic archaeological record of southern Ontario -- Concluding thoughts on the archaic occupation of the Eastern Woodlands.…”
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Mission life in Cree-Ojibwe country : memories of a mother and son

Table of Contents: “…-- Leaving Home -- The Invitation to the North West -- From Hamilton to Detroit -- The Travelling Party -- Detroit to Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Red River -- Sojourn at Red River -- From Red River to Norway House -- Settling in at Rossville Mission -- The First Cree Visitors -- September 1868: A Brief Separation -- The Chief Factorâ€?…”
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See why New York's ferries are so popular

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Fighting corruption in Asia : causes, effects, and remedies / Corruption in Asia

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Helminths : Handbook for Identification and Counting of Parasitic Helminth Eggs in Urban Wastewater by Lardin, Carlos

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The Swimming Holes of Texas by Wernersbach, Julie

Table of Contents: “…Boerne City Lake Park -- Cypress Bend Park -- Flat Rock Park -- Guadalupe River State Park -- Hancock Springs Free Flow Pool -- Ingram Dam -- Inks Lake State Park -- James Kiehl River Bend Park -- Kerrville-Schreiner Park -- Lions Park -- Llano River Slab -- Louise Hays Park -- Moffett Park -- Pedernales Falls State Park -- Robinson Llano County Park -- Schumacher Crossing -- Wagon Wheel Crossing -- Austin and the Surrounding Area -- Arkansas Bend Park -- Barton Creek Greenbelt -- The Flats and Campbell's Hole. -- Gus Fruh -- Twin Falls and Sculpture Falls -- Barton Springs Pool…”
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