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Author
Publisher
Brandeis University Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Books Like Sapphires features highlights of Hebrew literary works in the Library of Congress. It is a book about books, but it is also a book about patrons, first among them Jacob Schiff, whose munificence founded the Hebraic Section in 1912 to ensure the survival of the Jewish cultural heritage"--
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"The never-before-told story of Project Mayflower--the building of the replica ship docked in Plymouth, Massachusetts--from the origins of the idea, through the financial and political influences that nearly scuttled her, the seven-week ocean voyage from England in the skilled hands of Alan Villiers, and finally her lasting impact on America. Today, the Mayflower II--the replica of the 1620 ship that brought the Pilgrims to America and launched a...
183) Only in America!
Author
Series
The 50 states volume 9
Publisher
Wide Eyed Editions
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A state-by-state compendium of weird laws, quirks, one-offs, and unusual records only to be found in the wonderfully wacky US of A. Only in America! explores the strangest claims to fame and the most unusual place names every state has to offer. Visit the city of Dinosaur, drop by the Pizza Museum, find out where it is illegal to feed a pig without a permit, and check out the world's only "carhenge" (that's right, Stonehenge reconstructed using cars)."--...
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