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Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet by David C. Holly, ISBN 0870334557

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In eight engaging chapters, this book portrays the steamboat era (1813-1963) on the Chesapeake, which matched in glamour and excitement the steamboats' history on the Mississippi. The book begins with the building of the first steamboat on the Bay in the shadow of the bitter struggle between Stevens, Livingston, Fulton, and Latrobe, among others, over monopoly on the Delaware and Chesapeake. Some of the accepted history on the origin of the first Bay steamboat is called into question. The chapters continue with stories of the genius of early engine builders, the legends arising from dramatic steamboat disasters, spirited adventures of the Civil War (including the mystery of the "French lady spy"), the romance of steamboat excursions and resorts, the personalities of many steamboats and their masters, the Pennsylvania Railroad's near achievement of monopoly on the Bay, and the denouement when trucks and automobiles eclipsed the role of the steamboat. An appendix details the workings of early steamboat engines. Other appendices provide data on steamboats discussed in the text and maps of the region. The narratives extend the history of the era from that included in other books on the topic. The book, above all, is an enthusiastic, nostalgic, and thoroughly readable exposition of a bygone era and a "vanished fleet".

African Americans in Florida by Maxine D. Jones, ISBN 156164031X

-- Profiles more than 50 African Americans during four centuries of Florida history in brief essays
-- Traces the role African Americans played in the discovery, exploration, and settlement of Florida as well as through the Civil War to the Civil Rights movement
-- From Estevanico the Black, who first stepped on the shores of Florida in 1528, to Carrie Pittman Meek, elected to the United States Congress, African Americans have been setting examples of courage and perseverance
-- Topics include Fort Mose (first free black community in North America), Black Seminoles, T. African Americans in Florida by Maxine D. Jones, ISBN 156164031X
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A Corner of the Tapestry: A History of the Jewish Experience in Arkansas, 1820S-1990s by Carolyn Gray LeMaster, ISBN 1557283044

One of the most comprehensive studies ever done on a state's Jewish community, A Corner of the Tapestry is the story - untold until now - of the Jews who helped to settle Arkansas and who stayed and flourished to become a significant part of the state's history and culture. LeMaster has spent much of the past sixteen years compiling and writing this saga. Data for the book have been collected in part from the American Jewish Archives, American Jewish Historical Society, the stones in Arkansas's Jewish cemeteries, more than fifteen hundred articles and obituaries from journals and newspapers, personal letters from hundreds of present and former Jewish Arkansans, congregational histories, census and court records, and some four hundred oral interviews in a hundred cities and towns in Arkansas. This meticulous work chronicles the lives and genealogy of not only the highly visible and successful Jews who settled in Arkansas, but also those who comprised the warp and woof of society. It is a... A Corner of the Tapestry: A History of the Jewish Experience in Arkansas, 1820S-1990s by Carolyn Gray LeMaster, ISBN 1557283044
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Assassins: The Story of Medieval Islam's Secret Sect

This dramatic and sinister story of some of the most sinister characters in medieval history is expertly written with pace and skill. There is no other general history of the Assassins in print, and this new book shows that the real Assassins were every bit as interesting as the 'Assassins' of legend. Bartlett's study reveals how the Assassin myths have developed over time, and how these myths continue to have an impact on the popular imagination. Assassins: The Story of Medieval Islam's Secret Sect
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Let Them Journey: True Stories Uniting the Past With the Future

This book illustrates the story of Jewish migration in the last hundred years, from an unusual perspective. There is no faceless narrator sweeping the characters along the tides of history; the stories are told by the people themselves, unaltered and with all the poignancy of memory intact. These people, their lives overshadowed and sometimes obliterated by catastrophic events, relate in their own words what it was like to be a Jew in such a world and under such conditions. The recollections related in this book provide an interesting, enlightening and informative panorama of the varied Jewish experiences in the twentieth century. Let Them Journey: True Stories Uniting the Past With the Future
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Women of Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha by Lesley Downer, ISBN 0767904907

Ever since Westerners arrived in Japan, they have been intrigued by Japanese womanhood and, above all, by geisha. This fascination has spawned a wealth of extraordinary fictional creations, from Puccini's "Madame Butterfly to Arthur Golden's "Memoirs of a Geisha. But as denizens of a world defined by silence and mystery, real geisha are notoriously difficult to meet and even to find. As a result, their history has long been cloaked in secrecy.
Lesley Downer, an award-winning writer, Japanese scholar, and consummate storyteller, gained more access to this world than almost any other Westerner, and spent several months living in it. In "Women of the Pleasure Quarters, she weaves together intimate portraits of modern geisha with the romantic legends and colorful historical tales that shape their fascinating past. Contrary to popular opinion, geisha are not prostitutes but, literally, "arts people." Accomplished singers, dancers, and musicians, they are, above all, masters of the art of... Women of Pleasure Quarters: The Secret History of the Geisha by Lesley Downer, ISBN 0767904907
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Late Imperial Chinese Armies: 1520-1840 by Chris Peers, ISBN 1855326558

The fifth and final volume in a series outlining the military history of China from the earliest records to the 19th century. This volume covers the period of the height of the Chinese Empire from the later part of the Ming Empire through the rise of the Manchu dynasty and the Ching dynasty. Late Imperial Chinese Armies: 1520-1840 by Chris Peers, ISBN 1855326558
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Gods, Genes, and Consciousness: Nonhuman Intervention in Human History

A provocative look at how Advanced Beings (angels and extraterrestrials) have been influencing human history since the dawn of time through contributions to the roots of language, technology, math, science, and more. Gods, Genes, and Consciousness: Nonhuman Intervention in Human History
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Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet by David C. Holly, ISBN 0870334557

Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation

"An indispensable primer for those who want to protect their digital rights from the dark forces of big media."
-Kara Swisher, author of aol.com
The first general interest book by a blogger edited collaboratively by his readers, Darknet reveals how Hollywood's fear of digital piracy is leading to escalating clashes between copyright holders and their customers, who love their TiVo digital video recorders, iPod music players, digital televisions, computers, and other cutting-edge devices... Chesapeake Steamboats: Vanished Fleet by David C. Holly, ISBN 0870334557
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