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    The British, the Boers, and the Making of South Africa

    Southern Africa was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the land. The result was the costliest, bloodiest, and ... Read more

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  • How to Start a Pneumatic and Hydraulic Conveying Plant Business (Beginners Guide)

    This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers an overview of How to Start a Pneumatic and Hydraulic Conveying Plant Business (Beginners Guide) . The text has been edited and prepared for general readership. All content within is protected by copyright and may not be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form without the prior written permission of the copyright holder. ... Read more

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  • The Fortunes of Africa

    A 5000-Year History of Wealth, Greed, and Endeavor

    A "gripping" (Booklist) and "richly detailed" (Kirkus Reviews) history of the fortune seekers, adventurers, despots, and thieves who have ruthlessly endeavored to extract gold, diamonds, and other treasures from Africa and its people.Africa has been coveted for its rich natural resources ever since the era of the Pharaohs. In past centuries, it was the lure of gold, ivory, and slaves that drew ... Read more

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  • Poetry's Data

    Digital Humanities and the History of Prosody

    Why literary studies must confront digital mediationWe live and research in a technologically mediated landscape in which old models of reading and researching—methods that presume an autonomous, single scholar gathering resources and making claims—no longer hold. Scholars have yet to theorize either the embeddedness of their sources inside multiple layers of mediation or their own place in an ... Read more

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  • The Fate of Africa

    A History of the Continent Since Independence

    The definitive story of African nations after they emerged from colonialism -- from Mugabe's doomed kleptocracy to Mandela's inspiring defeat of apartheid.The Fate of Africa has been hailed by reviewers as "A masterpiece....The nonfiction book of the year" (The New York Post); "a magnificent achievement" (Weekly Standard); "a joy," (Wall Street Journal) and "one of the decade's most important ... Read more

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  • The Rise and Fall of Meter

    Poetry and English National Culture, 1860--1930

    Why do we often teach English poetic meter by the Greek terms iamb and trochee? How is our understanding of English meter influenced by the history of England's sense of itself in the nineteenth century? Not an old-fashioned approach to poetry, but a dynamic, contested, and inherently nontraditional field, "English meter" concerned issues of personal and national identity, class, education, ... Read more

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  • How to Start a Pneumatic and Hydraulic Conveying Plant Business (Beginners Guide)

    This publication, published by SamEnrico, covers How to Start a Pneumatic and Hydraulic Conveying Plant Business (Beginners Guide) ... Read more

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  • Audiobook

    Egoist, The

    Narrated by Digital Voice Martin G ...

    Unabridged

    18 hours 49 min

    This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This edition of Meredith's satirical novel of manners reprints the text of 1897, which incorporated Meredith's revisions to the first edition of 1879. The editor has corrected some errors which escaped Meredith's attention and has provided exceptionally useful notes on the novel. "Backgrounds" includes Meredith's "Essay on Comedy and the Uses of the ... Read more

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  • Mugabe

    Power, Plunder, and the Struggle for Zimbabwe's Future

    Robert Mugabe came to power in Zimbabwe in 1980 after a long civil war in Rhodesia. The white minority government had become an international outcast in refusing to give in to the inevitability of black majority rule. Finally the defiant white prime minister Ian Smith was forced to step down and Mugabe was elected president. Initially he promised reconciliation between white and blacks, encouraged ... Read more

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  • Architectural Space in Eighteenth-Century Europe

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    Architectural Space in Eighteenth-Century Europe: Constructing Identities and Interiors explores how a diverse, pan-European group of eighteenth-century patrons - among them bankers, bishops, bluestockings, and courtesans - used architectural space and décor to shape and express identity. Eighteenth-century European architects understood the client's instrumental role in giving form and meaning to ... Read more

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  • Getting Started with STEAM

    Practical Strategies for the K-8 Classroom

    Learn effective ways to teach STEAM with this helpful book from educational technology experts Billy Krakower and Meredith Martin. Whether you have a dedicated STEAM class, or plan to integrate it into a regular classroom, you’ll find out how to create a structured learning environment while still leaving room for inquiry and innovation. You’ll also gain a variety of hands-on activities and ... Read more

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  • Afrikaner Odyssey

    The Life and Times of the Reitz Family

    The odyssey of the Reitz family passes like a thread through the tapestry of South African history in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Originally Dutch-Afrikaner gentry from the Cape, the family moved to the frontier settlement of Bloemfontein and played a key role in the building of the Orange Free State. At the heart of this tale is the extraordinary career of Deneys Reitz, whose ... Read more

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