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English
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A glimpse into the decline of one of Oregon's now forgotten tribes. This book takes a look specifically at the period between 1845-1857 in the lives of the Takelma Tribe of the Rogue River Valley, Oregon.
We take a look at not only race relations, the attitude and misuse of power by the United States government of the time, and the eventual removal of those remaining of the Takelma Tribe from the Valley.
That period was a significant time in both...
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Language
English
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Description
Is America a source of pride, as Americans have long held, or shame, as Progressives allege? Beneath an innocent exterior, are our lives complicit in a national project of theft, expropriation, oppression, and murder, or is America still the hope of the world? D'Souza offers a passionate and sharply reasoned defense of America, knocking down every important accusation made by Progressives against our country.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
Berkley ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 12
Physical Desc
400 p. ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
America's Joint Strike Force sends a Special Forces team into Moscow to capture Russian Colonel Pavel Doletskaya, the man who holds the key to Russia's plan to invade America and Europe.
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Series
Tom Clancy's Op-Center volume 17
Language
English
Formats
Description
"In this chilling new thriller in the New York Times bestselling series, simmering tensions threaten to ignite when a silo of Cold War missiles surfaces in the Middle East. In 1962, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union sent a convoy of nuclearmissiles to Cuba. The crisis that followed almost triggered World War III. However, while all eyes were on the Caribbean, not all of the missiles were sent to Cuba. Several ships slipped from the flotilla...
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Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
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Description
"Written with the authority of twenty-six years of military and government service at sea and in Washington, Red Swan is a brilliant, provocative thriller about the contemporary war that no one sees, but which will shape the future of America and China. Set in contemporary Washington D.C., Red Swan begins with an ominous phone call from Carson McGill, the Deputy Director of Operations in the CIA, to retired CIA officer Preston Allender. Henry Wallace...
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Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Description
A special audio presentation of unabridged selections personally chosen by David McCullough. The Greater Journey is the enthralling, inspiring-and until now, untold-story of the adventurous American artists, writers, doctors, politicians, architects, and others of high aspiration who set off for Paris in the years between 1830 and 1900, ambitious to excel in their work. Most had never left home, never experienced a different culture. None had any...
Author
Series
Tales of the Modern Navy volume 17
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
pages ; cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
c2001
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 2
Physical Desc
80 p. : ill., map ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
In 1841, rescued by an American whaler after a terrible shipwreck leaves him and his four companions castaways on a remote island, fourteen-year-old Manjiro learns new laws and customs as he becomes the first Japanese person to set foot in the United States.
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Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Description
A fictionalized account of a bonsai tree that lived with the Yamaki family in Hiroshima, Japan, for more than 300 years before being donated to the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C., in 1976 as a gesture of friendship and peace to celebrate the American Bicentennial.
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Publisher
Hachette Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
10 audio discs (approx. 12 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An account of U.S.-China relations from the mid-nineteenth century through post-World War II reveals facts about America's role in Asia, including the historical influence of prominent Americans who made fortunes in China's opium trade.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
©2008
Edition
Widescreen format.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98, 111 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Looking for comedy in the Muslim world: A mockumentary film in which actor Albert Brooks (playing himself) travels to India & Pakistan on behalf of the United States government, in hopes of discovering what "makes Muslims laugh."
Defending your life: Daniel Miller was tooling along a Los Angeles boulevard listening to Barbra Streisand sing "Something's Coming" when something came - a bus. One head-on crash later, Daniel wakes up deceased. And his...
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs ( approximately 179 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Stan, Kyle, Kenny, and Cartman sneak into an R-rated movie and it warps their fragile little minds. Soon their indignant parents declare war on Canada and the young heroes are America's last hope to stop Armageddon.
A group of heroic figures span the globe protecting democracy and freedom against terrorism. Learning that power hungry North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il is out to destroy the world, the team recruits Broadway star Gary Johnston to go...
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