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82) Crucible of war: the Seven Years' War and the fate of empire in British North America, 1754-1766
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf, distributed by Random House
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
A narrative history of the Seven Years' War during which Great Britain eliminated French power north of the Caribbean, focusing on the impact of the war on the political and cultural landscape of North America.
83) Mars One
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 13
Language
English
Description
"A teenage boy leaves for Mars as a colonist with the Mars One space program and grapples with what he's leaving behind to do so"--
84) Galileo's dream
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
Ganymede, a renegade amongst the colonists living on the moons of Jupiter, travels back in time to bring Galileo Galilei from Renaissance Italy into the future to ensure influence of science over religion, but the experiences cause Galileo to struggle with the ignorance and superstitions of his time.
Author
Publisher
The History Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
Beginning his career as a British Surgeon Major in Afghanistan, George Scott Robertson found himself defending Chitral Fort in 1895 against a besieging force of thousands of tribesmen. He was celebrated as a hero, but this was only one chapter in what was an extraordinary life. Traveling in India, Canada, and Kafiristan, he took part in numerous military expeditions on the frontier, wrote a renowned ethnography-The Kafirs of the Hindu Kush-and in...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"A history of independent African American settlements in Texas during the Jim Crow era, featuring historical and contemporary photographs. In the decades following the Civil War, nearly a quarter of African Americans achieved a remarkable victory -- they got their own land. While other ex-slaves and many poor whites became trapped in the exploitative sharecropping system, these independence-seeking individuals settled on pockets of unclaimed land...
Author
Publisher
Wesleyan University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
"This groundbreaking study explores science fiction's complex relationship with colonialism and imperialism. In the first full-length study of the subject, John Rieder argues that the history and ideology of colonialism are crucial components of science fiction's displaced references to history and its engagement in ideological production. With original scholarship and theoretical sophistication, he offers new and innovative readings of both acknowledged...
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