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A Bride for Anna's Papa»rank: 4174737by: Isabel R. Marvin
: :After her mother's death leaves Anna with the responsibility of caring for her family and home, she and her brother plot to find their father a new wife, in a story set in turn-of-the-century Minnesota. Winner of the Milkweed Prize for Children's Literature. Simultaneous. |
Clovis Blade Technology: A Comparative Study of the Keven Davis Cache, Texas (Texas Archaeology and Ethnohistory Series)»rank: 1209201by: Michael B. Collins, Marvin Kay
: : 'In this book, Michael Collins ... demonstrates why he is considered one of the leading researchers in the field of lithic analysis. The work offers a masterful review and synthesis of Clovis blade technology with lucid prose and lavish illustrations.... I recommend this book for all professional and avocational archaeologists interested in Paleoindian occupations of the New World.' —Illinois Archaeology 'This book makes an important contribution to a newly revived debate on the significance of the Clovis phenomenon and the timing and migration routes of the peopling of the New World more generally.' —SAS Bulletin Around 11,000 years ago, a Paleoindian culture known to us as 'Clovis' occupied much of North ... |
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Plains Village Archaeology: Bison Hunting Farmers in the Central and Northern Plains»rank: 1199824from: University of Utah Press
: : 'In this book, Michael Collins ... demonstrates why he is considered one of the leading researchers in the field of lithic analysis. The work offers a masterful review and synthesis of Clovis blade technology with lucid prose and lavish illustrations.... I recommend this book for all professional and avocational archaeologists interested in Paleoindian occupations of the New World.' —Illinois Archaeology 'This book makes an important contribution to a newly revived debate on the significance of the Clovis phenomenon and the timing and migration routes of the peopling of the New World more generally.' —SAS Bulletin Around 11,000 years ago, a Paleoindian culture known to us as 'Clovis' occupied much of North ... |
Slavery in North Carolina, 1748-1775»rank: 1362657by: Marvin L. Kay
: :Michael Kay and Lorin Cary illuminate new aspects of slavery in colonial America by focusing on North Carolina, which has largely been ignored by scholars in favor of the more mature slave systems in the Chesapeake and South Carolina. Kay and Cary demonstrate that North Carolina's fast-growing slave population, increasingly bound on large plantations, included many slaves born in Africa who continued to stress their African pasts to make sense of their new world. The authors illustrate this process by analyzing slave languages, naming practices, family structures, religion, and patterns of resistance.Kay and Cary clearly demonstrate that slaveowners erected a Draconian code of criminal justice for slaves. This system played a central ... |
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Central Missouri Hopewell Subsistence-Settlement System (Missouri Archaeological Society Research Series, No 15)»rank: 6564010by: Marvin Kay
: :Michael Kay and Lorin Cary illuminate new aspects of slavery in colonial America by focusing on North Carolina, which has largely been ignored by scholars in favor of the more mature slave systems in the Chesapeake and South Carolina. Kay and Cary demonstrate that North Carolina's fast-growing slave population, increasingly bound on large plantations, included many slaves born in Africa who continued to stress their African pasts to make sense of their new world. The authors illustrate this process by analyzing slave languages, naming practices, family structures, religion, and patterns of resistance.Kay and Cary clearly demonstrate that slaveowners erected a Draconian code of criminal justice for slaves. This system played a central ... |
A chorus line / music by Marvin Hamlisch ; conceived, choreographed and directed by Michael Bennett ; book by James Kirkwood and Nicholas Dante ; lyrics by Edward Kleban ; orchestrations, Bill Byers, Hershy Kay, Jonathan Tunick - [Souvenir catalogue]»rank: 6564010by: Marvin (music); Bennett, Michael (b. 1943 Apr. 8-?) direction & choreography; Kleban, Edward (lyrics); Byers, Billy (1927-?) & Kay, Hershy & Tunick, Jonathan (orchestrations) Hamlisch
: :Michael Kay and Lorin Cary illuminate new aspects of slavery in colonial America by focusing on North Carolina, which has largely been ignored by scholars in favor of the more mature slave systems in the Chesapeake and South Carolina. Kay and Cary demonstrate that North Carolina's fast-growing slave population, increasingly bound on large plantations, included many slaves born in Africa who continued to stress their African pasts to make sense of their new world. The authors illustrate this process by analyzing slave languages, naming practices, family structures, religion, and patterns of resistance.Kay and Cary clearly demonstrate that slaveowners erected a Draconian code of criminal justice for slaves. This system played a central ... |
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Contributions to Ozark Prehistory (Arkansas Archeological Survey Research Series No. 27)»rank: 6564010by: David W. Stahle, George Sabo III, Gayle J. Fritz, Marvin Kay, Jerry E. Hillard
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GHOSTS - A Treasury of Chilling Tales Old & New»rank: 6564010by: Marvin Kay
: :This large volume collection by popular anthologist Marvin Kaye presents 54 pure ghost stories by some of the best writers ever assembled, including Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Isaac Asimov and Fredick Pohl, and more. Many of these tales have never appeared in any other collection, and there are several original stories written specifically for this book. 652 pages. |
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Orphan Train Riders: Their Own Stories»rank: 4025703by: Marvin Chamberlin
: :This large volume collection by popular anthologist Marvin Kaye presents 54 pure ghost stories by some of the best writers ever assembled, including Bram Stoker, H.G. Wells, Robert Louis Stevenson, Oscar Wilde, Isaac Asimov and Fredick Pohl, and more. Many of these tales have never appeared in any other collection, and there are several original stories written specifically for this book. 652 pages. |
Periodontal and Prosthetic Management for Advanced Cases»rank: 4300262by: Marvin M. Rosenberg, Howard B. Kay, Bernard E. Keough, Robert L. Holt
: :...reference for periodontists and prosthodontists... includes many photographic color plates. |